From the Fifth Millennium in the Balkans, the time and place of the first metallurgy in the world.

Copper chisels, a copper needle, and a bone needle.
Grave goods.
Found in low parts of the eastern Balkan Mountain Range (near the village of Tranak, Ruen municipality, Bulgaria).
The picture was taken at tonight's opening of the exhibition Bulgarian Archaeology 2025, Museum of Archaeology, Sofia, Bulgaria.

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#BalkanPrehistory
#BulgarianPrehistory
#Chalcolithic
#CopperAge
#Eneolithic
#Prehistory

La primera estatua-menhir, la más grande de Arco, Trentino, Italia, con 2,15 m de altura, de la Edad del Cobre (4000-3000 a.C.). Muestra una cara estilizada con un collar de filigrana, con siete puñales de hojas triangulares y empuñaduras con pomo semilunar, tres alabardas, tres hachas con mangos acodados, un hacha de guerra y un cinturón festoneado. 🏛️Museo Alto Garda 📷Niccolò Caranti #edaddelcobre #copperage

Found in a hidden cave, the oldest crown on Earth—over 5,500 years old—was part of a ritual hoard from a lost temple. Its symbols still baffle experts.
#AncientMystery #LostCivilizations #OldestCrown #CopperAge #Storytelling #DidYouKnow #HistoryFacts #DocumentaryShort #WeirdHistory
Read more: https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/oldest-known-lead-artifact-was-found-skeletons-suggesting-mystical-020642

El ídolo de Pomos es una figura de la Edad del Cobre, en el 3000 a.C. Es un ejemplo de las figuras humanoides contemporáneas que se han encontrado en tumbas de mujeres y niños y aquellas más pequeñas solían tener un agujero para llevarlas colgadas al cuello, tal y como muestra este ídolo. 🏛️Museo de Chipre 📷Berthold Werner #chipre #cyprus #edaddelcobre #copperage

Plus, just generally futzing about & making things pretty. Oh & building a massive town wall because I was tired of monsters coming in and sheep somehow glitching through fences?

I play in survival on easy mode. Feel like I should up it to "normal," but zombies in chainmail freak me out. So yeah, I'm prolly still a noob.

I am LOVING the #CopperAge update. The shelves are CRAMAZING & the copper golems are adorable. Haven't figured out yet how to get them to properly sort stuff, though.

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Minecraft Copper Age Update Guide - How to Craft, Upgrade, and Use Every New Copper Item - #Baskingamer

Bringing a fresh layer of crafting and survival depth...
readmore https://shorturl.at/OOhka

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𝟳,𝟬𝟬𝟬-𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
Russian archaeologists have discovered a 7,000-year-old Copper Age settlement in Dagestan that revolutionizes understanding of how early farming communities spread across the Caucasus Mountains.
#AncientHistory #AncientOrigins #CopperAge
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/eneolithic-settlement-russia-00102180

Oldest hippopotamus ivory object unearthed in Iberian Peninsula reveals Copper Age trade

Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest hippopotamus ivory artifact in the Iberian Peninsula, confirming the presence of long-distance relations in the Mediterranean area more than 4,000 years ago...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/09/oldest-hippopotamus-ivory-object-in-catalonia/

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It’s Copper Age time: new copper tools/armor, copper chests and shelves, plus copper golems that auto‑sort loot, live now on Java and Bedrock.

Full notes and guides are coming soon at www.baskingamer.com

#Minecraft #CopperAge #MinecraftLIVE #JavaEdition #BedrockEdition #GamingNews #gaming #game #Baskingamer

AO THROWBACK - A Copper Age necropolis in Bulgaria contains the rich burial of Varna man and other elites - revealing some of the secrets of the amazingly advanced ancient Varna culture.
https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/varna-man-002798
#ancientorigins #ancient #history #ancienthistory #historylovers #historyfacts #historymatters #archaeology #Varna #Archaeology #CopperAge

Copper Age infant discovered in Italian well reveals rare genetic origins

Archaeologists in northeastern Italy have discovered a remarkable find in a well near Faenza, close to Ravenna: the highly degraded remains of an infant who lived 4,000 to 5,000 years ago and belonged to the Copper Age...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/copper-age-infant-discovered-in-italian-well/

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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #anthropology #CopperAge #chalcolithic

Rare sperm whale tooth unearthed at Valencina Copper Age megasite reveals ancient Iberian coastal connections

Archaeologists uncovered a rare sperm whale tooth during a 2018 excavation at the Nueva Biblioteca site—the first ever found in Late Prehistoric Iberia. Dating to between 5,300 and 4,150 years ago, the half-kilogram tooth was recovered from a non-burial pit...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/06/rare-sperm-whale-tooth-unearthed-in-valencina/

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#archaeology #zooarchaeology #CopperAge

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗜𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮'𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗮
A rare sperm whale tooth unearthed in Copper Age Spain reveals how ancient Iberians revered the sea as part of their cultural and spiritual world.
#Iberia #Prehistoric #copperage #prehistoricart
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-evolution-human-origins/copper-age-whale-tooth-0022211

AO THROWBACK - A Copper Age necropolis in Bulgaria contains the rich burial of Varna man and other elites - revealing some of the secrets of the amazingly advanced ancient Varna culture.
https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/varna-man-002798
#ancientorigins #ancient #history #ancienthistory #historylovers #historyfacts #historymatters #archaeology #Varna #Archaeology #CopperAge

Forthcoming research on Copper Age Valencina reveals early female-led leadership, expressed through lavish burials and ritual artifacts. The site’s spiritual and political complexity challenges assumptions about prehistoric power, highlighting women’s central roles in religion, economy, and early social organization.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/05/unearthing-power-female-leadership-and-building-a-monumental-society-at-copper-age-valencina.html

#anthropology #archaeology #science #copperage #femaleleadership #spaing #valencia #pagan

Valencina: a sustainable, egalitarian mega-village of the Copper Age

New excavation of the Valencina de la Concepción Chalcolithic site in Seville, Spain, is defying old assumptions regarding its purpose and social structure...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/04/valencina-a-sustainable-egalitarian-mega-village/

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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #chalcolithic #CopperAge

World’s largest ancient bead collection discovered in 5,000-year-old tomb in Spain

Archaeologists working at the Montelirio tholos, an ancient burial site estimated to be around 5,000 years old near Seville, Spain, have unearthed what is considered the largest collection of beads discovered in a solitary grave. This extensive array includes more than 270,000 beads, primarily made from marine shells..

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/02/largest-ancient-bead-collection-spain/

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🔴 **Inference of human pigmentation from ancient DNA by genotype likelihood**

_“We then applied that protocol to 348 ancient genomes from Eurasia, describing how skin, eye and hair color evolved over the past 45,000 years. The shift towards lighter pigmentations turned out to be all but linear in time and place, and slower than expected, with half of the individuals showing dark or intermediate skin colors well into the Copper and Iron ages.”_

Perretti, S. et al. (2025) 'Inference of human pigmentation from ancient DNA by genotype likelihood,' bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) [Preprint]. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.29.635495.

#Ancient #DNA #Genomes #Phenotype #Science #Eurasia #CopperAge #IronAge @science

Researchers may have finally discovered the origin of the wheel

A research team led by Columbia University historian Richard Bulliet, along with engineers Lee Alacoque from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Kai James from Georgia Institute of Technology, provides a compelling theory on the origin of the wheel...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2024/10/researchers-may-have-discovered-the-origin-of-the-wheel/

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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #CopperAge #Coppermine #carpathianmountains

🔴 🇪🇸 Tracing social disruptions over time using radiocarbon datasets: Copper and Early Bronze Ages in Southeast Iberia

“Our statistical analysis indicates that most probably the changes in funerary rituals in southeast Iberia were fast. It also implies that the local populations had dropped in numbers before 2200 cal BCE, so that the presence of ‘Steppe ancestry’ ca. 2200–2000 cal BCE could be the result of their admixture with neighbouring peoples.”

Micó, R. et al. (2024) ‘Tracing social disruptions over time using radiocarbon datasets: Copper and Early Bronze Ages in Southeast Iberia,’ Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, p. 104692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104692.

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Archaeology #Archaeodons #CopperAge #BronzeAge #Demography #Ancestry #Spain #Europe #Academia #Academic #Academics @archaeodons